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Today is May 05, 2024.

[5/4/20] Eizo Kaimai, who worked on numerous kaiju suits for Toho including the first Godzilla, is confirmed to have passed away on April 24 at age 90. (src) [4/10/20] Nobuhiko Obayashi, director of House and co-author of A Space Godzilla, passes away at 82. (src) Matt Frank announces via Twitter that he will be working on an upcoming official MonsterVerse project. (src) [4/8/20] Legendary Pictures announces Twitter watchalongs for Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, to be held at 5 PM Pacific on March 9, 16, and 23, respectively. (src) [4/2/20] The next Magic: The Gathering set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, will include monsters from the Godzilla series. (src) [3/31/20] Julie Bennett, who voiced Susan Watson and Madame Piranha in the English dub of King Kong Escapes, dies of complications related to coronavirus at 88. (src) [3/23/20] Season 2 of Godziban will premiere on May 1, 2020. (src) [3/12/20] Mill Creek will release The H-Man and Battle in Outer Space together on Blu-ray on June 9. (src) [3/4/20] Media Blasters will re-release Death Kappa on DVD and Blu-ray for the film's 10th anniversary. (src) [2/26/20] Shochiku and Toei announce Giant Monster Cleanup, an upcoming kaiju-themed comedy co-production to be written and directed by Satoshi Miki and which will star Ryosuke Yamada and Tao Tsuchiya. It is expected for a 2020 or later release. (src) [2/20/20] Preorders begin for Arrow Video's Gamera: The Complete Collection, an 8-disc Blu-ray box set containing all 12 Gamera films, an 80-page book on the series, and a graphic novel reprinting of Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe and The Last Hope. (src) A Godzilla vs. Kong press release reveals plans for a second graphic novel tie-in and children's books. (src) [1/31/20] A new promotional poster for Nezura 1964 is revealed. [1/21/20] Kadokawa files a trademark on Gamera for use in "recorded media and video files containing animation," among other things. (src) [1/16/20] The original King Kong will play in select U.S. theaters on March 15, 2020. (src) [1/9/20] Media Blasters will release Gappa to DVD and Blu-ray on February 25, 2020, under its Tokyo Shock label. The company previously issued the film on DVD in 2000. (src) [12/31/19] Kadokawa and 3Y Film announce Nezura 1964, a film about the disastrous production of the cancelled Daiei kaiju film Giant Horde Beast Nezura. It will be released in December 2020. (src) [12/28/19] Evan Brehany uploads a documentary on the making of Reptilian, Yonggary Chronicle Project, to YouTube. [12/13/19] Ultraman's design in Shin Ultraman is revealed at Tsuburaya Convention 2019. (src) [12/8/19] A clip from Godzilla vs. Kong plays before the Warner Bros. panel at Comic Con Experience in Brazil. (src) [11/25/19] Variety reports that the theatrical release of Godzilla vs. Kong has been delayed eight months to November 20, 2020. (src) [11/24/19] In a Home Cinema Choice interview, Arrow Video announces plans for a Gamera Blu-ray box set in 2020. [10/30/19] It is reported that actress Kaoru Yachigusa, who played Fujichiyo in The Human Vapor, passed away on October 24. [10/29/19] The Criterion Collection's Godzilla: The Showa Era Films, 1954-1975 Blu-ray box set is released in North America. [10/18/19] The first English-subtitled episode of Godziban premieres on the Godzilla Channel, featuring episodes one through three of Go! Jet Jaguar as well as the first installment of Master of Monsters: Hedoji. (src) [10/12/19] Legendary announces a sequel to Skull Island: The Birth of Kong at Los Angeles Comic Con. It will feature artwork by Zid and a new bat-like Titan called Camazotz. (src) [8/27/19] Warner Bros. releases Godzilla: King of the Monsters on 4K Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, standard Blu-ray, and DVD. [8/22/19] Sony will be releasing The Criterion Collection's Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975 Blu-ray box set in the United Kingdom in November, the first time many of the films included in the set have been released on home video in the UK. (src) [8/13/19] Warner Bros. releases Godzilla: King of the Monsters digitally. [8/9/19] Godziban premieres its first episode on the Godzilla Channel. (src) [7/25/19] The Criterion Collection announces Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975, a Blu-ray box set containing all of the Godzilla films of the Showa series, including the first-ever North American home video release of the Japanese cut of King Kong vs. Godzilla. It is set to be released on October 29. (src) [7/16/19] Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be released digitally on August 13 and to Blu-ray and DVD on August 27. (src) [7/11/19] FYE will exclusively sell a Blu-ray SteelBook of King Kong vs. Godzilla beginning in September. [7/9/19] Mill Creek officially releases its Blu-ray SteelBook of Mothra. ► News archive